Social media serves as an accelerant to violence: Her son & his friend had been killed bc of a clash on SM among some teenagers they’d never even met. For months, a battle had been raging on IG b/w crews based on either side of Market St A barrage of online taunts & threats had raised tensions in the neighborhood.

Violence prevention workers described feuds that started on IG, Snap & other platforms & erupted into real life with terrifying speed. #RegulateSM #ItsTheGuns https://www.propublica.org/article/social-media-violence-young-americans?taid=64d222904127ea0001e69cfb&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter